GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |